Seed price and planting method of Artemisia argyi

Artemisia argyi is also known as ice platform, thistle grass, fragrant moxa, etc. It is a perennial herb belonging to Artemisia of Compositae. The plant has strong aroma. The whole herb has the effects of warming meridians, removing dampness, dispelling cold and stopping bleeding, diminishing inflammation and asthma, relieving cough and preventing abortion, anti-allergy, etc. Its leaves are dried and crushed to obtain "moxa" which can be made into moxa strips for moxibustion and used as raw materials for "Indian mud". Let's take a look at the price and planting method of Artemisia argyi seeds together!

How much are eighteen seeds?

The price of wormwood seeds is about 60~80 yuan a catty, and the quality is about 120~160 yuan a catty, which varies greatly due to different prices such as seed quality, variety and purchase quantity. Wormwood and Chinese life has a close relationship, every time to the Dragon Boat Festival, people always put moxa in the home to "avoid evil", its whole grass into medicine has warm meridians, to damp, cold, hemostasis, anti-inflammatory, anti-asthma, cough, anti-abortion, anti-allergy and other effects, but also a very good food, in the traditional food in southern China there is a kind of glutinous rice cake is made of wormwood as the main raw material.

The method of planting wormwood

1, seed: wormwood seed to 2~3 years old plants is good, select strong growth, high yield, no pests and diseases of the plant left not to harvest, fruit maturity cut fruit branches spread to dry, threshing, sieving, winnowing impurities, seeds packed in bags, stored in a cool and dry place.

2. Sowing: Artemisia argyi should be sown in early spring, from February to March in the south and from March to April in the north. It can be sown or transplanted. The row spacing of direct seeding is 40~50 cm. The soil should not be too thick after sowing. Pay attention to management after emergence. When the seedling height is 10~15 cm, the seedling shall be determined according to the plant spacing of 20~30 cm.

How to grow wormwood

1. Planting density: Artemisia argyi seedlings are 5~10 cm high in February to March. When the ground is wet, plant seedlings according to the row spacing of 30×40 cm, 2~3 plants per hole, cover soil and compact. If there is no rain within 2 to 3 days after planting, drip water to preserve moisture.

2. Timely fertilization: after planting and survival of wormwood, urea 90 kg/ha shall be applied as seedling fertilizer when the seedling height is 30 cm, scattered in rainy days, sprayed on leaves in sunny days, and applied with farm manure, manure, cake fertilizer, etc. as base fertilizer in early November.

3. Reasonable watering: Artemisia argyi is harvested in the middle and early June and then turned over to the garden, removing the residual branches and leaves, and thinning out the over-dense stem base and perennial roots. In dry season, foliar sprinkler irrigation is carried out under seedling height of 80 cm, and flood irrigation is carried out in the whole garden when seedling height is above 80 cm.

4, harvesting and processing: wormwood is usually harvested in summer, cut the ground with leaves before flowering, remove impurities and dead leaves, spread in the sun after drying into bundles, placed in a dry place for storage, moisture, mildew.